humming birds
#21
Mine were back the beginning of March. I have one feeder over the living room slider and there he was staring at us as we were watching the TV so I filled the feeder. Only put up one to begin with as we were still getting freezing weather so I had to bring it in sometimes at night. Have 5 up now and if you walk out on the deck you are likely to be buzzed. I set my camera up a couple of weeks ago on tripod and set to movie mode, got some good film and I can take screen shots from the movie. They would stay the winter if I kept feeding them but we are gone often on weekends and would hate to have them show up with frozen necter and not have anything to eat, they usually disappear in October.
#22
We have seven feeders up now. Three of these feeders are shared with Western Orioles (Scotts Orioles). The Orioles visit often and do not drink a lot, however in total we do use 8 cups of nectar daily. We use one cup cane sugar to four cups of boiled water, mixed daily in 8 cup batches. The clear nectar does not seem to attract bees as much as the red nectar. In the spring and fall when the migrations come through, 9 to 10 feeders are needed and this lasts a month or so. I enjoy the humming bird swarms in the yard.
#25
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: kansas
Posts: 6,407
When we leave our garage door up, we sometimes get hummers in there and they stay to near the ceiling to get back our the open door. But if we leave a red cloth, shirt or jacket drapped on the stoop/door, they will fly out that way.
#26
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 714
I love the hummers and make sure they have plenty of flowers and feeders. We also have Baltimore Orioles and blue birds. The blue birds love their houses I have out for them. Love watching all the birds except Blue Jays who are nasty to the rest of the birds.
#28
I used to boil the water/sugar mixture but now I just use warm water from the tap and make sure to stir thoroughly until all the granules have disappeared. We have plenty of flowers around for them to feed on also.
I also open the feeders up and clean them out with brushes. Mold can grow quickly. It is such joy to see them buzzing in and out and dueling that it is worth the extra work.
I also open the feeders up and clean them out with brushes. Mold can grow quickly. It is such joy to see them buzzing in and out and dueling that it is worth the extra work.
#29
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Cherry Hill, NJ
Posts: 25
My granddaughter gave me a blue aganpantha flower for Mothers Day-was only out on deck about 2 hours when hummiingbird was fluttering by it. I always plant red flowers for them but this has the trumpet shaped flower groups
#30
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Posts: 502
We had some hummingbirds and I love watching them with our feeder. Haven't seen them lately and just found out last week that a person in our subdivision is caging them. I want so bad to find out if that is illegal. That person has robbed me of one of my favorite things.
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